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A group of Vietnam veterans are under arrest this morning after
staying past closing time at New York’s Vietnam memorial in lower
Manhattan. It is not yet known how many veterans were arrested by New
York cops.

The veterans were there as part of a demonstration
marking the 12th anniversary of the war in Afghanistan. The protest was
staged at Vietnam Veterans Memorial Plaza on Water Street near the
southernmost tip of Manhattan island.

The plaza closes at 10 pm, but the Vietnam vets refused to leave despite repeated commands from police to vacate the premises.

The
same group staged a protest last year at the memorial and many of its
members were arrested then. On its web site, the group Veterans For Peace says that last year, 25 of its members and their “allies” were arrested.

“Some
of you are so much younger, and history has been denied you, so you
just need to know why we are here,” one veteran tells the cops.

According
to the Veterans For Peace posting, the group applied to get a permit
for the demonstration but was denied by the city’s Parks Department. The
group decided to go ahead with the protest anyway.

Sorry but even if there wasn't a shutdown this would have happened. Who in their right mind thinks they can refuse to leave a place after closing time and not get in trouble? They wanted this to happen obviously.

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